Winter 2012-2013 edition - Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities ...

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From the Director 

Dear Friends, 

Think for a moment about 

what you treasure most 

about living on Bainbridge 

Island. There’s so much to choose from – our 

stately forests and calming waters, our excellent 

schools, the strong sense of community so many 

of us feel. And for many of us, the depth and 

quality of island arts and culture attracted us 

here, keeps us here, and even draws us back. 

Are we just lucky? No. Bainbridge Island is a 

community self-defined by high quality arts and 

cultural organizations, with literally hundreds 

of visual artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, 

actors, and fabulous artisans in our midst. 

This vibrant culture did not just happen. You 

helped create it and continue to support it by 

patronizing the island’s galleries, performing 

arts, and cultural offerings. 

Until a couple of years ago, the Arts & Humanities 

Council provided stability in the center of this 

community circle. As the recipient of strong 

government funding, we regranted significant 

amounts of money to local organizations and 

artists. We managed an award-winning Arts in 

Education program, providing artist residencies 

in the schools tightly tied to the curriculum. We 

nurtured organizations as a fiscal sponsor on 

many different levels, and through a multitude 

of collaborations. 

Yes things have changed. But not that much. 

The Arts & Humanities Council remains the hub, 

the incubator, a clearinghouse that provides 

connections, intersections, and bridges among 

artists, life-long learners, cultural organizations, 

and local stakeholders as far ranging as PTOs to 

tourists to local businesses and government. Our 

Arts in Education program is stronger than ever. 

I am optimistic. 

In my long career as an arts administrator I’ve 

seen many ups and downs. The challenges we 

face today are more extreme than normal, but 

experience tells me one thing. As long as our 

community values creativity, excellence, and 

mutual support, arts and culture will remain 

vibrant on Bainbridge Island. 

Thank you for your support, and enjoy 

the holidays! 

Barbara Sacerdote 

Executive Director 

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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL 

Editor’s Note: Inside Out 

I got to know the cultural community on Bainbridge when I wrote about 

the arts awhile back for one of our local newspapers. My job gave me 

access to locals whose accomplishments – bestselling novels, iconic films, 

large-scale public artworks – left me star struck. 

Over time, though, my crushes abated as I realized that even well-known 

artistic professionals around here continually and willingly negotiate the space between 

passionate creativity and regular old real life. Nobody I talked to was sequestered in an 

attic. No one was being hospitalized for “exhaustion” or melting down à la Greta Garbo’s 

ballerina in Grand Hotel. (“I want to be alone!”) 

On the contrary, they took care of their kids, grocery shopped, voted, went to the 

gym, and generally engaged in the same pedestrian pursuits we all do. It’s just that 

somewhere in there they managed to produce transcendent works of art. 

So I started asking nosy questions that were as much about the process of integrating 

life and art as about the art itself. I’d ask who cooked dinner at their house, how working 

around their children’s schedules affected their output, and whether making art ever 

felt like a chore. I’d ask them to tell me – please – how they weighed their domestic and 

financial responsibilities against the creative things they felt they must do lest their 

heads explode. 

Their answers were grounded, funny, and relatable. Often they said, “I dunno. How do 

you do it?” 

In other words, although the integration of “life” and “art” is never seamless, it is 

unavoidable, rendering the distinction borderline pointless. Sure, many yearned for more 

time and space to get into their heads and create. But most also believed that operating 

in a social vacuum wouldn’t work because their art was too intertwined with the world 

outside their heads. 

Kristin Tollefson explores this idea as she reports on the first international teaching artists’ 

conference in Oslo, Norway. As a visual artist, Kristin’s extreme talent thrives within the 

context of all the other facets of her life: teaching, arts administration, motherhood, and 

a commitment to environmental and social change. In Oslo, teaching artists from every 

discipline and locale demonstrated the ways in which, working from the inside out, they 

are literally changing the world. 

Kristin’s perspective is energizing, especially when we look back to Bainbridge at the 

amount of creativity we’ll be able to take in this season, moving from the holidays into 

the introspective days of winter. Whether your passion leads you inward or outward, I 

know you’ll discover something wonderful. t vel molupti aceptatem. Itatur andandestis 

dolorem voluptate. — Lindsay Masters 

ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL BOARD AND STAFF 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Juliet LeDorze, President 

Mike Lewars, Immediate Past-President 

Andrea Mann, VP of Development 

Sandy Rich, VP of Governance 

THE STAFF: Barbara Sacerdote, MFA, CFRE, Executive Director 

Lindsay Latimore Masters, Communications Manager 

Julie Marie Duke, Development Program Coordinator 

ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL MISSION: 

To create an environment on Bainbridge Island in which the arts and humanities flourish. 

CURRENTS PUBLICATION STAFF 

Ted Cozine, Treasurer 

Claire Younker Moe, Secretary 

Kate Anderson 

Susan Arens 

Patricia Bell 

Christine Davis 

Chad Haight 

Joe Levan 

Fritz Levy 

Doug Nathan 

Kate Ruffing 

Amy Weber 

Tina Yentzer 

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ON THE COVER: Clockwise from left: Writer Cat Rambo will lead a field's End workshop this winter; courtesy photo. Wire work by students of the 

Mosaic Home Education Partnership on bainbridge; Kristin Tollefson photo. The 2012 Ovation! Musical Theatre bainbridge production of My Fair Lady; 

Keith brofsky photo.

great Decisions at the library 

Saturdays this 

winter, January 12 

through March 9* 

*No discussion on February 9 

Interested in foreign affairs? The Arts & Humanities Council and the 

Bainbridge Island Branch of Kitsap Regional Library are pleased once 

again to bring you Great Decisions at the Library. Drop by on 

Saturday mornings for coffee, pastries, and a stimulating moderated 

discussion on some of today’s most pressing current events. 

Here are this year’s topics, brought to you by the Foreign Policy Association: 

Future of the Euro 

The new Egypt 

NATO and the U.S. 

in the 21st century 

Great Decisions meets 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave. N. 

A copy of the Great Decisions Briefing Book will be available at the library, with a limited 

number also for sale at the events. Additional online background material will be made 

available in advance. 

To receive updates, reminders, and background reading: 


Myanmar in transition 

Humanitarian intervention 

Iran, Israel, and the bomb 

China in Africa 

Threat assessment – 

defending America on 

a budget 

Join our Great Decisions mailing list by emailing Admin@BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org. 

Check the Great Decisions page for weekly topic updates: BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org/Our-Programs/Great-Decisions. 

For general program information, see the Foreign Policy Association website, www.FPA.org. 

BARN: An Artisan Center for bainbridge 

A dream is about to come true. For several years, a group of Bainbridge Islanders 

envisioned an artisans’ community center, a place where people of different ages and 

skill levels could share and learn from one another, for mutual benefit. 

Today, this group of visionaries has come together as BARN, the Bainbridge Artisan 

Resource Network. The island’s newest non-profit organization is now official, and hard 

at work to build and operate an artisan center here 

on Bainbridge. And the Arts & Humanities Council 

is proud to be a Fiscal Sponsor of BARN! 

BARN on the inside 

The center will have well-equipped community workshops for woodworking, metalworking, fiber 

arts, jewelry making, and other artisan crafts, along with multipurpose spaces. There will be classes 

for all skill levels, as well as open studio time for personal and community service projects in a 

setting where people can learn from and inspire one another. 

BARN's beginnings 

BARN formed earlier this year as a collaboration among the Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop 

– which has been trying for several years to open a community woodworking shop – and informal 

groups and individuals focused on fiber arts, jewelry making, and other crafts. 

The group has also found support and interest from many others, including people who want to 

create a “maker space” to encourage inventing and tinkering; a community tool lending library; and a fix-it shop. 

Get involved: To help with this community project or to request more 

information, please email: Info@BainbridgeBarn.org. 

PHOTO COURTESy Of bAINbRIDgE ISlAND 

HISTORICAl MUSEUM 


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NOTES fROM OSlO: Kristin Tollefson on teaching artistry 

Seasonal change often invites introspection, 

and for the past several seasons, I’ve been 

mulling over questions about the work I 

do in the world. I am an artist because of 

passion and training, yet I still struggle with 

the common misconceptions that this career 

path is either fabulously carefree or hopelessly 

self-absorbed. As such, in spite of the fact 

that I regard art as the backbone of a thriving 

culture, I question the anatomy of my own 

contributions to society and their measure of 

fundamental importance. 

Cultivating a path as a teaching artist has 

helped me knit together these strands of 

inquiry. Simply defined, a teaching artist is 

a practicing, generative artist who is also a 

passionate and committed educator. This 

work unfolds in myriad diverse locations, including 

school residency programs, libraries, community 

centers, health care facilities, and senior living 

residences. Student learning resides at the core of these 

engagements with art. And art, used in the service 

of expanding knowledge, community building, and 

communicating, infuses every aspect of this learning 

and justifies itself within the framework of social 

practice. 

Bolstered by my alignment with this belief, I applied 

for and was asked to attend the First International 

Conference of Teaching Artists in Oslo, Norway this 

past September. 

The conference, which was co-organized by Eric Booth and 

Marit Ulrund of SEANSE Art Center and which included 

participants from organizations around the world, hung on 

affirming fundamental ideas that unite this field of teaching 

artistry, making connections with practitioners on a global 

level, and acknowledging the expansive manifestations of 

our work. 

Presenters and participants at the conference illuminated 

ways in which they touch a wide range of communities with 

their art forms and challenge conventionally accepted ideas 

of art. For example: 

Tanzanian drama teacher Grace Gachocha used 

methods from the theater of the oppressed to 

translate social issues into community-directed 

performance. 

Marit Moltu created a “pictorial movement,” a 

participatory public performance installation 

placing yarn in the hands of 100 conference 

delegates in the garden at the Norwegian 

Royal Palace. 

Sarah Johnson of Carnegie Hall showcased 

inspirational work with incarcerated musicians 

at Sing Sing Prison. 

Pia Leppänen-Keränen, a Finnish participant, 

discussed teaching color theory to babies 

through food preparation and play.

and social practice 

Amidst the broad spectrum of engagement revealed 

through this community of artist-educators, core 

themes also surfaced: Firsthand involvement in 

creative practice helps people transcend embedded 

limitations of communication; teaching artists act 

as conduits for student discovery and facilitators of 

the learning process; and regardless of the artistic 

discipline practiced, teaching artistry attunes 

participants to a transformative magic that shapes 

the way they look at the world. 

These consistent themes have broad implications. 

When teaching artists ply their crafts, they cultivate 

real listening; they hear the desires of their community 

of learners and involve them in the process. This act in 

turn cultivates a form of learning stewardship, a grassroots 

investment made by participants who find and 

voice their strengths. 

Eric Booth, an international leader on the topic of 

teaching artistry, articulates the importance of this 

transformation in his book The Everyday Work of Art: 

“We need to attend to the artistic experiences 

throughout our lives… In doing so, we reclaim 

many dwindling passions; we awake dormant 

skills with which to construct good answers to life’s 

hardest questions. We all have a natural knowledge 

of the processes and perspectives that artists 

use, even if we have not focused our efforts on 

developing these skills the way artists have.” 

This conviction is not restricted to conversations 

about the arts. Across the board, in discussions ranging 

from environmental concerns to social justice, creative 

engagement is the constant. 

The fusion of learning and teaching, individuals and 

communities, and the affirmation of the core impact 

of arts in society I experienced during the Oslo 

conference had a profound impact on me. I came 

away both grounded – by a greater commitment to 

my own work and its ability to support community – 

and buoyed by witnessing firsthand ways in which 

the methods of teaching artistry support an embracive 

way of navigating the world. 


“[The arts] are a very human way of making life more 

bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or 

badly, is a way to make your soul grow….” 

~ KuRt VoNNEGut 

I was reminded of the words of Kurt Vonnegut, who said, 

“[The arts] are a very human way of making life more 

bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, 

is a way to make your soul grow." 

And in these days of reconfiguring economies, 

remembering how to work together, and advocating for 

the cause of humanity, it is critical that we all draw upon 

these innate creative and inclusive capacities. 

Kristin Tollefson is an internationally recognized artist and teaching 

artist who is also the program coordinator for the Arts & Humanities 

Council’s Arts in Education program. She lives on Bainbridge Island. 

photoS, LEFt to RIGht: Richard Ndunguru, of tanzania, leads an international group of conference 

participants in a call and response exercise. his program, theater for Development, moves community 

participants toward social change through the act of storytelling. Photo: Maria Antwort. Marit Moltu's 

participatory yarn installation; Kristin tollefson appears sixth from the left. Photo: Maria Antvort. In 

hilary Easton's dance workshop, participants choreographed works to illustrate lines, angles, curves, and 

moments of stillness. Photo: Kristin tollefson. 

With many thanks to our Arts in Education sponsors and partners: 

THE SUQUAMISH TRIBE 





Show us your stuff! Creative calls on bainbridge 

ArTISTS, poETS, AND CollECTorS: Heads up for three immediate opportunities that are near and dear to the Arts & Humanities Council’s heart. 

CAll For VISUAl ArTISTS: 2013 Bainbridge in Bloom Poster Artwork Competition 

2012 blOOM POSTER - MARTHA MAKOSKy’S “A MOMENT STIll AjAR,” 

MONOPRINT WITH CHINE COllé 

CAll For poETS: 2013 Poetry Corners Display 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 5 p.m. Thursday, February 28, 2013 

There’s still time to submit your images for the 2013 Bainbridge in Bloom poster art competition. 

DEADLINE: 5 p.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 

The winning work of art will serve as the face of the 25th annual garden tour and Evening in Bloom benefit auction, 

taking place July 12-13, 2013. Marketing for the Bloom, which is the Arts & Humanities Council’s most important 

annual fundraiser, reaches a national audience through magazine, print, and online promotion. 

While the artwork will be used to promote the garden tour, submissions need not be limited to traditional, literal 

representations. We seek artwork inspired by gardens, flowers, plants, landscapes and seascapes, or outdoor 

spaces. Photographs and figurative work are welcome, and we invite you to push the envelope, for example with 

color and abstraction. 

You’ll find complete eligibility and submission guidelines, along with details about recognition and benefits, at 

BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org/BainbridgeinBloom. 

In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Arts & Humanities Council seeks poems for our 2013 Poetry Corners 

display. This year’s theme: Mischief. 

The final selections from our juried poetry competition will be displayed in public windows throughout Bainbridge 

Island during the month of April and shared aloud at a celebration reading. 

New this year: Student categories! 

For complete eligibility and submission guidelines, see BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org/Our-Programs/Poetry- 

Corners. 

CAll For BEACH GlASS: The Waypoint 

Beach glass is pretty in a jar, but how about the chance to make it a permanent part of 

Bainbridge Island’s landscape – and history? 

The Waypoint, in conjunction with Mesolini Glass Studio, will be producing 30 fundraising tiles 

to integrate into the Waypoint plaza at the southeast corner of Winslow Way and Olympic Drive. 

Each tile will be crafted from concrete and beach glass donated by private citizens, with the 

interiors depicting island-themed icons in fused glass. These tiles will become a focal point 

of the Waypoint’s plaza area, concentrically placed to create a circular mosaic with a 14-foot 

diameter. Tiles will be finished and ready for installation in the early spring. 

Diane Bonciolini and Gregg Mesmer of Mesolini Glass Studio have a lengthy history of creating 

community works of art on Bainbridge Island including the Beach Glass Quilt on Winslow Way, a 

COBI Public Art project that was managed by the Arts & Humanities Council. 

Donations of beach glass can be dropped off at Mesolini Glass Studio at 13291 Madison Avenue 

NE, or at the Chamber of Commerce, 395 Winslow Way E. 

For more information on The Waypoint Project of Bainbridge Island, contact Shannon Evans at 

pshannon.evans@gmail.com. To learn more about the glass tile and fabrication process, please 

contact Greg Mesmer or Diane Bonciolini at diane@mesolini.com or visit Mesolini Glass Studio. 

With your help, this former eyesore will become a welcoming green space gateway! 

DIANE bONCIOlINI PHOTO 

SAvE THE DATE FoR THE 2013 ISLAND TREASURE AWARDS! 

The wind howls through the valley 

lifting snow and sculpting 

ice banks walled along the river. 

White firs lean in 

bowing side to side 

loosening their coats. 

Though night is approaching 

I follow ski tracks into the wood. 

UNTITlED, lAURA SCHAEffER 

A 2012 POETRy CORNERS SElECTION 

In our annual tradition, the Arts & Humanities Council will celebrate two Bainbridge Islanders’ exceptional 

contributions to the arts and humanities at a special award ceremony and dinner, Saturday, February 23, 

5 to 8 p.m. at IslandWood. 

The two newest Island Treasures will be announced soon, so stay tuned for details as we prepare to honor these 

exceptional Bainbridge Islanders. For more information on the award and to learn about past 

recipients, see BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org/Our-Programs/Island-Treasure-Award.

BAINBRIDGE ARTS & CRAFTS 

EDUCATION 

ArTIST DEMo 

JEANNIE GRISHAM: 

Water-based Painting 

Saturday, December 8, 

12:30 p.m. FREE. 

ArTIST DEMo 

CHRISTOPHER 

MATHIE: Abstract 

landscape painting 

Saturday, January 5, 

12:30 p.m. FREE. 

ArTIST DEMo 

SUSAN WIERSEMA: 

Colored pencil 

LyNNETTE 

SANDBLOOM: 

Permanent markers 

Saturday, February 2, 

12:30 p.m. FREE. 

Please check the education page of 

our website fo current information 

on our upcoming artist talks, 

demos, and workshops: 

www.bacart.org/education/html 

BooK DRIvE 

As the Bainbridge Public 

Library prepares to celebrate 

its 51 st birthday, BAC 

continues our ongoing Book 

Drive. Please donate your 

used art books to us, and 

someone for sure will be 

delighted to buy them for 

a donation. We send every 

penny of those donations to 

the library to purchase books 

on art, architecture, and 

design. So far those pennies 

have added up to more than 

$10,000! 

BAINBRIDGE 

ARTS AND cRAFTS 

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bAINbRIDgE ISlAND 

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MON-SAT, 10-6, SUN, 11-5 

www.bacart.org 

ExHIbITIONS 

JANUAry 4-28 

cHRISToPHER mATHIE 

LARRY mccAFFREY 

KAY WALSH 

BAINBRIDGE ARTS AND CRAFTS 

DECEMBEr 7-31 

FRUITcAKE: Eccentric and Eclectic Art for the Holidays 

Thirty-five artists turn their focus to the nuttiness and fruitiness of the 

season. 

Lynn Brunelle, Gillian Bull, Meredith Chernick, Diana Cronin, Cha Davis, 

Megan Drew, Pat Espey, Julie Hews-Everett, Pam Galvani, Jeannie 

Grisham, Sherri Grossbauer, Annie Hancock, Denise Harris, Woodleigh 

Hubbard, Sandra Hurd, Lita Kenyon, Nana Kuo, Ed McNamara, Jennifer 

Mann, Nikki McClure and Jay T. Scott, Mary McInnis, Pierr Morgan, Reni 

Moriarity, Kimberly Morris, Brandon Perhacs, Ann Reynolds-Pearl, Sally 

Robison, Anna von Rosenstiel, Jason Russell, Lynnette Sandbloom, Diane 

Walker, Ellen Wixted, and Dana Ziesemer. 

cHA DAvIS, MothEr oF PEArL (I wouLDn’t trADE you For AnothEr gIrL), 2012. ACRylIC, vINTAgE bUTTONS 

AND EMbROIDERy flOSS. PHOTO COURTESy Of THE ARTIST. 

Christopher Mathie builds a bridge between reality and 

abstraction in his landscapes. He achieves this by deftly 

balancing light and dark, wet and dry paint, and opaque 

and transparent layers. The painting transforms from the 

description of a specific place to a very personal point of view. 

The use of industrial materials and industrial construction 

techniques in sculpture still strikes the viewer as fresh and 

new. Larry McCaffrey brings an engineer’s skill and artist’s 

invention to his contemporary sculpture. 

A world traveler, Kay Walsh loves her corner of the world 

KAY WALSH, LA PuSh SunSEt, 2012. PHOTOgRAPH. IMAgE COURTESy Of THE ARTIST. 

best. Her photographs invite the viewer to share her singular 

vision of wheat fields or rainforest, country roads or wild oceans. 

FEBrUAry 1-25 

SUPER HERoES WE'D LIKE To SEE 

We asked artists to reveal their inner Super Heroes. The gallery will be awash 

with masks and capes and colorful long underwear in February. 

Morgan Brig, Lynn Brunelle, Andy Caro, Linda Costello, Megan Drew, Garth 

Edwards, Denise Harris, Sandra Hurd, M.J. Linford, Linnea Lundmark, Shane 

Miller, and Deborah Peek. 

mIxED NUTS 

Only kids can make art this cool! Local kids get a turn to be professional 

artists in BAC’s annual Mixed Nuts show. Whether they’re in kindergarten or 

high school, kids make the art, write artist statements, sign contracts, and 

learn how artists and galleries work together. Unlike our school shows in 

May, all the work is for purchase. 

TATE RUSSELL (SIxTH gRADE), untItLED, 2012. OIl PASTEl ON PAPER. IMAgE COURTESy Of THE ARTIST. 


TOgETHER, WE WIll CREATE A PERMANENT HOME fOR 

THE ART AND CRAfT Of OUR REgION AND OUR TIME. 

bAINbRIDgE ISlAND MUSEUM Of ART IS NOW 

50% BUILT! 

Our immediate funding goal is to meet a $1.5 million 

challenge match, Meet the Match, which will enable us to 

complete the art museum construction. As of November 

8, 2012, we have raised more than $943,000 of this goal. 

Our deadline is to complete the $1.5 million challenge 

match by December 31, 2012. 

Stay tuned for the next phase of the capital campaign and 

help us open the new art museum by summer 2013! 

How CAN yoU HElp? 

gET INvOlvED! 

DoNATE: 

Make a donation to the 

capital campaign and “get 

in on the ground floor” 

of this unique arts center 

on Bainbridge Island. 

All donations of $100 or 

more give you Founding 

Member status, and you’ll 

be recognized among our 

original supporters when 

the museum opens. 

VolUNTEEr: 

We need talented people 

to help us in a number of 

areas including community 

outreach, photography, office 

help, events, and more. 

view our latest video and answer the question “Who is your art hero?” at: 


CONSTRUCTION PROgRESS AS Of OCTObER 2012. PHOTOS: DAvE CURRAN. 

ART MUSEUM RENDERINg, vIEW fROM WINSlOW WAy. COATES DESIgN, gRAPHIC CONCEPTS by Nbbj. 

for more information on donating to the campaign, volunteering, 

or if you have any questions… 

WEBSITE: www.biartmuseum.org cALL: 206.842.4451 

mAILING ADDRESS: Po Box 11413, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 

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GILLIAN ALLARD, mosaics 

mIcHELLE AmIcUccI, mixed media 

LYNN ANJU, metal 

ERIcA APPLEWHITE, block prints 

GAYLE BAIR, clay 

LoRI BARRETT, mixed media 

KIm BLUDoRN, porcelain 

ANNE BRIGGS, metal 

NATALIE BRoWN, metal 

ToDD & ELIzABETH BUTLER, wood 

coNNIE cASTELLANo, jewelry 

TIm cELESKI, furniture 

HoLLIE cLARK, fleece 

DIANA cRoNIN, porcelain 

mIcHAEL & DoNNA DAY, porcelain 

KATHY DoLL, fiber 

KATHERINE DUBoSE, mixed media 

mARY EDWARDS, jewelry 

JANET ESSA ELIA, beadwork 

PAULA ENSIGN, paintings 

PAULA GILL, tiles 

KATE GooDmAN, mixed media 

mIcHAEL GREEN, leather & canvas 

cHANTAL GRIFFIS, jewelry 

SANDRA HALL, fiber 

DAvID HARRIS, wood 

GRAcE HARRIS, jewelry 

JEFF HAYNIE, mixed medial 

LAURI HEWITT, glass 

ERIc HoYTE, porcelain 

mARJA HUHTA, glass 

SHARI WALKER HUTcHINSoN, paintings 

BARBARA JUDY, beadwork 

ASHA KENT, lighting 

JoHN KEPPELER, glass 

mIcHoLE mADDEN, clocks 

STEPHANIE mcGUIRE, leather 

GREGG mESmER & DIANE BoNcIoLINI, glass 

LISA mUTTY, jewelry 

SU oLSEN, jewelry 

mARcIA PETERSoN, fairies 

KIm PINKERToN, glass 

ANN REYNoLDS-PEARL, ceramics 

LISHU & LEo RoDRIGUEz, furniture 

cYNDY SALISBURY, papier-mache 

DINAH SATTERWHITE, photography 

TERRY SIEBERT, pottery 

SUE SKELLY, cedar & jewelry 

EILEEN SoRG, colored pencil 

RoBERT SPANGLER, furniture 

cARoLYN SPRoUL, jewelry 

RIcK STAFFoRD, porcelain 

RAqUEL STANEK, glass 

HADEN STARBUcK, fiber & jewelry 

ToDD STEPHENS, clay 

SYDNI STERLING, paintings 

DIcK STRom, metal 

DARcY THomPSoN, mosaics 

cHRISTINE ToWNSEND, quilts & home décor 

ELIzABETH vANDUINE, mixed media 

ANNE vEKKLYN, photography 

ANNA voNRoSENSTIEL, ceramic 

mARGUERITE WAGNER, wood 

TEGAN WALLAcE, jewelry 

DANNA WATSoN, art dolls 

AmY KING WEBER, textiles 

BARBARA WEISSmAN, clothing 

JoAN WELLS, handbags & jewelry 

NIKKI WHEELER, fiber & mixed media 

HELGA WINTER, wood & encaustic 

YoSHIKo YAmAmoTo, block prints 

bAINbRIDgE ISlAND STUDIo ToUR 

Nov. 30, DEc. 1 & 2 | www.bistudiotour.com 

FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY | 10 A.m. To 6 P.m. 

EIlEEN SORg,COlORED PENCIIl 

TODD bUTlER, WOOD 

jEff HAyNIE, MIxED MEDIA 

71 ARTISTS 

10 STUDIoS 

Hot apple cider, holiday 

cookies, and many warm 

welcomes await you! 

lyNN ANjU, METAl 

KATE gOODMAN, MIxED MEDIA 

CINDy SAlISbURy, PAPIER-MACHE 

HlEgA WINTER, WOOD & ENCAUSTIC 

CHANTAl gRIffIS, jEWElRy 

For details about Winter 

Studio Tour artists, 

photos, and a map, 

please visit the website 

or call Tour manager 

Dinah Satterwhite at 

206.842.0504. 

The tour maintains a high quality 

standard for the juried artist, 

requiring excellent craftsmanship 

and art that portrays the hand 

and spirit of the artist. 


loedel reserve 

A Kid-Sized Village. 

Family-Sized Fun. 

Great things come in small packages. 

True for children, and also true for our Holiday village on display 

throughout December. quickly becoming a holiday tradition for 

island families, this kid-tastic miniaturized town is filled with 

charming buildings and electric trains. Cocoa and cider add 

irresistible flavor. So come to bloedel and ring in the season. 

you’re in for a big treat. 

Exquisite hand-made, hand-painted models 

European- and American-inspired designs 

Free with Bloedel Reserve general admission 

Kids 12 and under free with paying adult 

Advance reservations are never required 

open Tuesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

plUS these two Mondays: Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. 

The Holiday Village at Bloedel Reserve 

December 1 – December 31 

7571 NE Dolphin Drive, Bainbridge Island 

for more information, visit our website or call: 

www.BloedelReserve.org 

206.842.7631 


WINTER ARTS & HUMANITIES EVENTS 

For detailed event descriptions, see BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org. 

DECEMBER 

1 SATURDAy 

Winter Studio Tour. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Self-guided. bistudiotour.com. 

2 SUNDAy 

Winter Studio Tour. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Self-guided. bistudiotour.com. 

Christmas in the Country. 

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Self-guided. 

christmasinthecountry.info. 

My Fair Lady. 3 p.m. bHS Theatre. 

ovationmtb.com. 

3 

MONDAy 

Kids: Messy Monday. 

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids 

Discovery Museum. 

kidimu.org. 

ferry Tales. 3:50 bainbridge-Seattle and 

4:40 Seattle-bainbridge ferry runs. 

krlferrytales.wordpress.com. 

6 THURSDAy 

free first Thursday at bainbridge Island 

Historical Museum, Kids Discovery 

Museum. bainbridgehistory.org, 

kidimu.org. 

Theatre: hansel and gretel. Pay 

What you Can Preview. 7:30 p.m. 

bainbridge Performing Arts. 

bainbridgeperformingarts.org. 

8 SATURDAy 

Happy Hanukkah! 

friends of the library book Sale. 10 

a.m. to 3 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 

bifriends.org. 

Artist Demo: jeannie grisham, Waterbased 

Painting. 12:30 p.m. bainbridge 

Arts and Crafts. bacart.org. 

BAINBrIDGE pErForMING ArTS 

11 TUESDAy 

ClICK! Digital Download Class. 10 a.m. 

bainbridge Public library. krl.org. 

Kids: Tuesday Tunes 

with Dave Webb. 

11 a.m. Kids 


kidimu.org. 

13 THURSDAy 

friends of the library book Sale. 1-4 p.m. 

bainbridge Public library. bifriends.org. 

SPEll Writers’ group. 3-5 p.m. 

OfficexPats. kjalcala@gmail.com. 

ferry Tales. 3:50 bainbridge-Seattle 

and 4:40 Seattle-bainbridge runs. 

krlferrytales.wordpress.org. 

Christmas in the Country. 

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Self-guided. 

christmasinthecountry.info. 

Eagledale Pottery Studio Open House 

& Student Art Sale. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Eagledale Park. biparks.org. 

Lord of the rings Movie Marathon. 

12:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. bainbridge 

Public library. krl.org. 

Author event: the Dahlia Bakery 

Cookbook with legendary chef Tom 

Douglas. 3 p.m. Eagle Harbor book Co. 

eagleharborbooks.com. 

Premiere staged reading of Paul 

lewis’ the Crossing, A Musical. 3 p.m. 

bainbridge Island Museum of Art. 

biartmuseum.org. 

4 TUESDAy 

Kids: Tuesday Tunes with Dave Webb. 

11 a.m. Kids Discovery Museum. 

kidimu.org. 

Eagle Harbor Reader’s Circle Reads: 

one Bullet Away. Speculative fiction 

book group Reads: the Mote in god’s 

Eye. 7 p.m. Eagle Harbor book Co. 


7 FRIDAy 

vIP (visually Impaired Persons) book 

group. 2 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 

krl.org. 

first friday Art Walk. 5-8 p.m. 

bainbridgedowntown.org. See 

In Galleries This Season, page 14. 

Ovation! Show Choir Holiday Tea and 

Caroling. 2 p.m. Island Center Hall. 


jazz Canvas: Art and jazz Onstage. 7 p.m. 

Island Music Center. islandmusic.org. 

hansel and gretel. 7:30 p.m. 



9 SUNDAy 

Hollyday Nature Hike & Art Project. 

1-3 p.m. IslandWood. islandwood.org. 

hansel and gretel. 3 p.m. 



My Fair Lady. 3 p.m. bHS Theatre. 


ISlANDwooD: HollyDAy NATUrE 

HIkE & ArT proJECT 

villageSpeak People’s Choice Celebration 

and Holiday gathering. 6:30 p.m. Island 

Music Center. villagespeak.org. 

Village 

Speak 

ClICK! Digital Download Class: download 

ebooks, audiobooks, and music. 

1-3 p.m. bainbridge Public library. krl.org. 

Ovation! Musical Theatre bainbridge 

presents My Fair Lady. 7:30 p.m. 

bHS Theatre. ovationmtb.com. 

Improv: The EDgE. 7:30 p.m. 



The O Antiphons – Come Closer: Advent 

Poetry and Chant. 7 p.m. grace Church. 

gracehere.org. 

THE CROSSING, pAUl lEwIS 

Kids: Pajama Storytime. 7 p.m. 


5 WEDNESDAy 

books on Tap. 7:30 

p.m. Treehouse Café. 

21+. krl.org. 

Kids’ Night at the Museum. 

Kids Discovery Museum. 

5:30-9:30 p.m. kidimu.org. 




My Fair Lady. 7:30 p.m. bHS Theatre. 




ovATIoN: 

MY FAIR LADY 

10 MONDAy 

Kids: Messy Monday. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Kids Discovery Museum. kidimu.org. 

Kids’ Holiday Art Station: gingerbread 

Houses. Through Saturday at Kids 

Discovery Museum. kidimu.org. 

12 WEDNESDAy 

Island film group: the Petrified Forest 

(1936). bainbridge Public library. 

7 p.m. krl.org. 

14 FRIDAy 






BAINBrIDGE pErForMING ArTS


Send event listings to Currents@BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org. 

DECEMBER continued 

15 SATURDAY 

Bainbridge Chorale Family Holiday 

Concert. 3 p.m. Rolling Bay Presbyterian 

Church. bainbridgechorale.org. 

16 SUNDAY 

Hansel and Gretel. 3 p.m. 

Bainbridge Performing Arts. 


My Fair Lady. 3 p.m. BHS Theatre. 


Bainbridge Chorale’s “A Medieval Feaste 

of Music.” 3 p.m. Rolling Bay Presbyterian 

Church. bainbridgechorale.org. 

18 TUESDAY 

Kids: Tuesday Tunes with Dave Webb. 

11 a.m. Kids Discovery Museum. 

kidimu.org. 

Senior Center Book Discussion. 1-2 p.m. 

Bainbridge Public Library. krl.org. 

KRL Board of Trustees Meeting. 

5:30-7:30 p.m. Sylvan Way Library. 

Public welcome. krl.org. 

22 SATURDAY 

Hansel and Gretel. 7:30 p.m. 



23 SUNDAY 

Hansel and Gretel. 3 p.m. 



26 WEDNESDAY 

27 THURSDAY 

Friends of the Library Book Sale. 1-4 p.m. 

Bainbridge Public Library. bifriends.org. 

4 FRIDAY 

First Friday Art Walk. 5-8 p.m. 

bainbridgedowntown.org. 

See in galleries This Season, page 14. 

Kids’ Night at the 

Museum. Kids Discovery 

Museum. 5:30-9:30 p.m. 

kidimu.org. 

Kids’ Night at the Museum with Holiday 

Crafts. 5:30-9:30 p.m. kidimu.org. 




Island Theatre at the Library. Title TBA. 

7:30 p.m. Bainbridge Public Library. 

islandtheatre.org. 

17 MONDAY 




kidimu.org. 

24 MONDAY 

Christmas Eve 




kidimu.org. 

28 FRIDAY 

Camp Yeomalt Song Circle – All Ages 

Music Jam. 7:30 p.m. Camp Yeomalt 

Cabin. biparks.org. 

29 SATURDAY 

KiDiMu Holiday Show: The Mitten. 

11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Bainbridge Island 

Museum of Art auditorium. kidimu.org. 

1 TUESDAY 

Happy New Year! 

Field’s End Open Mic. 

7-8:30 p.m. Bainbridge 

Public Library. 

fieldsend.org. 

19 WEDNESDAY 

20 THURSDAY 

2 WEDNESDAY 

5 SATURDAY 

Artist Demo: Christopher Mathie, 

Abstract Landscape Painting. 12:30 p.m. 

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts. bacart.org. 

Seattle Opera Preview: Cinderella 

(La Cenerentola). 3-5 p.m. Bainbridge 

Public Library. krl.org. 

6 SUNDAY 

Author Event: Anatolian Days & Nights 

with Angie Brenner. 3 p.m. Eagle Harbor 

Book Co. eagleharborbooks.com. 

First Sundays Concerts: Beau String 

Quartet. 4 p.m. Waterfront Park 

Community Center. 

firstsundaysconcerts.org. 

My Fair Lady. 7:30 p.m. BHS Theatre. 


Bainbridge Chorale’s “A Medieval Feaste 

of Music.” 7:30 p.m. Rolling 

Bay Presbyterian Church. 

bainbridgechorale.org. 

Island Theatre at the Library. Title TBA. 

7:30 p.m. Bainbridge Public Library. 


KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM 

21 FRIDAY 

Winter Solstice Yoga and Sound Bath 

with Misty Fasig and Daniella White. 

7 p.m. Grace Church. gracehere.org. 




25 TUESDAY 

Merry Christmas! 

30 SUNDAY 

31 MONDAY 

Noon Year’s Eve Family Celebration. 

11:30 a.m. to close. Kids 


kidimu.org. 

3 THURSDAY 

Free First Thursday at Bainbridge Island 



kidimu.org. 

Friends of the Library Book Sale. 1-4 p.m. 

Bainbridge Public Library. bifriends.org. 

Improv: The EDGE. 7:30 p.m. 



7 MONDAY 

BainBridge Chorale 

presents 

A 

Medieval 

Feaste 

of Music 

Featuring traditional music spanning the 

centuries and holiday traditions of Britain, Russia, 

Germany, Spain, and America. 

Directed by Michael A. Miller, Jr. 

with instrumental ensemble 

Saturday, dec. 15, 7:30 pm 

Sunday, dec. 16, 3 pm 

family holiday concert 

Saturday, dec. 15, 3 pm 

Please bring a non-perishable food item for helpline house. 

Directed by Michael A. Miller, Jr. 

Accompanied by the Messiah Festival Orchestra 

Friday, Friday, December December 28 at 7 7p.m. p.m. 

A benefit for Bainbridge Chorale education, 

outreach, and youth programs. 

Families welcome. Come to sing or to listen. Bring your score if you have one. 

A limited number of scores will be available to borrow. Suggested $10 donation. 

BainBridge chorale 

concerTS are held aT: 

Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church | 11042 Sunrise Dr. NE | Bainbridge Island 

Tickets and more information: www.bainbridgechorale.org 

info@bainbridgechorale.org | 206.780.2467 

Bainbridge Chorale is supported by San Carlos Restaurant, One Call for All, 

Rotary of Bainbridge Island, and Bainbridge Community Foundation. 


Air guitar only looks cool. 

IMC MAkING MUSIC HAppEN 

Because right now all you have is time time time yeah, 

but someday that time will run out. 

That’s the only thing you can be absolutely certain about. 

~ Ten Things by Paul Baribeau 

Island Music Center knows 

anyone and everyone can 

play music. Many of us 

assume children are the 

ideal candidates for music 

education, and while they 

are quickest to benefit, 

all adults have great 

opportunities to become 

active in music. 

Music can slide into our 

lives at any time and 

become fulfilling. We 

should (and can) go on and on and on about our awesome 

educators, but you only have so much time! So please get 

inspired and visit us at our location, online, or just call. 

Island MusIC Center 

10598 NE valley Road 

Rolling bay | bainbridge Island 

206.780.6911 

info@islandmusic.org 

www.islandmusic.org 

Island Music Center is a 501(c) 3 

nonprofit organization. We rely 

on our community’s financial 

support to continue offering 

quality music, education, 

programs, and performances at affordable rates. Island Music 

Center is generously supported by One Call for All, Bainbridge 

Island Arts & Humanities Council, Eagle Harbor Properties, and 

the generosity of its patrons and supporters. 




JANUARy continued 

8 TUESDAy 

ClICK! Digital Download Class. 10 a.m. to 

noon. bainbridge Public library. krl.org. 

Eagle Harbor Reader’s Circle Reads: the 

whistling Season. 7 p.m. Eagle Harbor 

book Co. eagleharborbooks.com. 

field’s End Class: building an Online 

Presence for Writers, with Cat Rambo. 

7-9 p.m. fieldsend.org. 

10 THURSDAy 



Author Event: Consciousness: Confessions 

of a romantic reductionist with Christof 

Koch. 7:30 p.m. Eagle Harbor book Co. 


AT Imc: JAzz cANvAS 

13 SUNDAy 

Kids: Wild Winter Storytime. 1-3 p.m. 

IslandWood. islandwood.org. 

15 TUESDAy 

Senior Writing Workshop: Stories of a 

lifetime. 9:30-11 a.m. Waterfront Park 

Community Center. 206.842.1616. 



7-9 p.m. fieldsend.org. 

FIElD'S END: CAT rAMBo 

11 FRIDAy 

Anzanga Marimba Ensemble. Time 

TbA. bainbridge Performing Arts. 


12 SATURDAy 

great Decisions at the library. 

9:30-11 a.m. bainbridge Public library. 

bainbridgeartshumanities.org. 

friends of the library book Sale. 

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. bainbridge Public 

library. bifriends.org. 

BPA: cHAmBER mUSIc SERIES 

bPA Chamber Music Series - 

Inspired by folk Songs & Stories. 

3 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts. 


BPA: DINAH mANHoFF oNE AcT FEST 17 THURSDAy 

lunch & learn Town Hall Discussion. 

Noon to 1 p.m. Waterfront Park 


18 FRIDAy 

building a Sustainable Economy (bASE) 

lecture series. 5:30-7 p.m. bainbridge 

Public library. bainbridgechamber.com. 

Dinah Manoff Presents: One Act fest. 

7:30 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts. 


20 SUNDAy 


3 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts. 


Author Event: the tangled Bank with 

Robert Michael Pyle. 3 p.m. Eagle Harbor 


21 MONDAy 

Martin Luther King Day 




19 SATURDAy 




ClICK! Digital Download Class. 1-3 p.m. 


22 TUESDAy 





10 a.m. to 3 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 


9 WEDNESDAy 

Registration opens for bI Metro Parks 

& Rec winter and spring classes. 

biparks.org. 

Island film group: An American in Paris 

(1951). 7-9 p.m. bainbridge Public 

library. krl.org. 

“great Singers” with Norm Hollingshead. 

2:30-4:30 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 

krl.org. 

Second Saturdays for Service: Make 

Mosaic garden Tiles for the WPCC 

garden. 9 a.m. to noon. Waterfront Park 


jazz Canvas: Art and jazz Onstage. 7 p.m. 

Island Music Center. islandmusic.org. 

Author Event: the rocks Don’t Lie with 

David R. Montgomery. 3 p.m. Eagle Harbor 


14 MONDAy 

field’s End Writers’ Roundtable: How to 

find Stories in Everyday life, with Dylan 

Tomine. 7-8:30 p.m. bainbridge Public 

library. fieldsend.org. 

16 WEDNESDAy 

Author Event: Storms of Denali, with 

Nicholas O’Connell. 7:30 p.m. Eagle 

Harbor book Co. eagleharborbooks.com. 

TED Discussion group on Creativity and 

the Arts. 7-8:30 p.m. Waterfront Park 


Kids’ Night at the Museum, 


yOHO (Island Theatre 

at your House). 6 p.m. 







7-9 p.m. fieldsend.org.


Send event listings to Currents@BainbridgeArtsHumanities.org. 

JANUARy continued 

23 WEDNESDAy 

Travelogue: galapagos Islands. 

7:30-9 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 

krl.org. 

WEST SoUND AcADEmY: 

GARY WHITE, HANDS. 

27 SUNDAy 

Author Event: Sea travels & Sasha 

Plotkin’s Deceit, with vaughn Sherman. 

3 p.m. Eagle Harbor book Co. 


FEBRUARy 

2 SATURDAy 

Groundhog Day 




3 SUNDAy 

Author Event: Let Me go when the Banter 

Stops with linda gromko. 3 p.m. Eagle 

Harbor book Co. eagleharborbooks.com. 

24 THURSDAy 




TED Discussion group on Creativity 

and the Arts. 7-8:30 p.m. 

Waterfront Park Community Center. 

206.842.1616. 

25 FRIDAy 

gallery Reception for gary White. 

6:30 p.m. frodel gallery, West Sound 

Academy. westsoundacademy.org. 

Camp yeomalt Song Circle – All Ages 

Music jam. 7:30 p.m. Camp yeomalt 


28 MONDAy 

29 TUESDAy 




30 WEDNESDAy 

SING oUT! 

ToTAl ExpErIENCE GoSpEl CHoIr 

Artist Demo: Susan Wiersema 

(colored pencil), lynnette Sandbloom 

(permanent marker). 12:30 p.m. 

bainbridge Arts & Crafts. bacart.org. 

ClICK! Digital Download Class. 1-3 p.m. 


Sing Out! With the Total Experience 

gospel Choir. filipino American Hall. 

singoutkitsap.org. 

5 TUESDAy 




villageSpeak: Community Service best 

Practices. 6:30 p.m. bainbridge Cinemas. 

villagespeak.org. 

Village 

Speak 

26 SATURDAy 


9:30-11 a.m. 

bainbridge Public library. 


live Music: Pearl Django and Douce 

Ambience. 7:30 p.m. Island Center 

Hall. biparks.org. 

31 THURSDAy 







1 FRIDAy 

first friday Art Walk. 5-8 p.m. 

bainbridgedowntown.org. See 

In Galleries This Season, page 14. 

Kids’ Night at the Museum. 

Kids Discovery Museum. 


Improv: The EDgE. 7:30 p.m. 



Eagle Harbor Reader’s Circle Reads: 

the warmth of other Suns. 7 p.m. 

Eagle Harbor book Co. 


4 MONDAy 6 WEDNESDAy 

BAINBRIDGE PERFoRmING ARTS 

8 FRIDAy 

the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling 

Bee. 7:30 p.m. bainbridge Performing 

Arts. bainbridgeperformingarts.org. 

7 THURSDAy 

free first Thursday at bainbridge Island 



kidimu.org. 




9 SATURDAy 

Second Saturdays for Service: Make 

Knitted Squares for Helpline House 

baby blankets. 9 a.m. to noon. 

Waterfront Park Community Center. 

206.842.1616. 

Seattle Opera Preview: La Bohème. 

2-4 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 

krl.org. 

BpA: IMproV: THE EDGE 




Theatre: the 25th Annual Putnam County 

Spelling Bee. Pay What you Can Preview. 






PHOTO: jASON OMENS 

Sense of place 

is integral to 

community 

well-being. 

When a town is engaged and alive, there is widespread 

connection, loyalty, and pride among its people. Open discussion, 

empathetic decision-making, and creative problem-solving all 

inform and support the bedrock of a healthy village. 

Just as raising a child takes a village, so does nurturing a village. 

Communities thrive when citizens and leaders are inclusive, 

collaborative, and culturally aware. 

VillageSpeak is a nonpartisan nonprofit whose mission is to 

cultivate open, cross-island discussion about local issues. 

VillageSpeak seeks to engage dialogue before, after, and during 

the fires that flame our island, not just afterwards. It seeks to 

positively impact the livability, friendliness, and respect that keeps 

our families safe, supported, and connected. 

Each month VillageSpeak 

brings together a different 

group of local leaders, often in 

a moderated panel discussion, 

to engage community 

listening and learning. 

From teenagers seeking to 

affect local governance, to professionals at various stages of their 

career and family lives, VillageSpeak kindles open conversations 

across the diverse sub-cultures that define our island. Religious 

beliefs, family compositions, income levels, political leanings, all 

have a place at o ur village table. 

villageSpeak is dedicated to: 

encouraging ongoing, collaborative community 

discussion about local issues 

providing opportunities for our leaders to 

meet with us in one-to-one conversations 

cultivating empathetic, knowledgeable 

civic participation and leadership 

bringing the wide cross-section of island 

voices into the town discussions 

enlisting the arts to inform community 

self-awareness and governing decisions 

Find villageSpeak: 

Village 

Speak 

WEBSITE: www. VillageSpeak.org 

ENEWSLETTER: Villagespeak.org/Enews-Subscribe 

FAcEBooK: Facebook.com/VillageSpeak 

TWITTER: Twitter.com/VillageSpeak 


In galleries this Season 

Bainbridge Arts and crafts 

DEcEmBER 7-31: fruitcake - Eccentric and Eclectic Art for the Holidays 

JANUARY 4-28: Christopher Mathie, larry McCaffrey, Kay Walsh 

FEBRUARY 1-25: Super Heroes We’d like To See plus Mixed Nuts 

151 Winslow Way E., 206.842.3132, bacart.org 


Arts Studio Gallery 

DEcEmBER 8 - JANUARY 19: 

Dan Kowalski – Presence 

and Place, Recent Work 

Artist talk 7 p.m. December 12 

7869 fletcher bay Rd. 

bainbridge Island, 206.419.6061 

artsstudiogallery.com 

DAN KoWALSKI, rIALto SquALL 2. 

PHOTOgRAPH. COURTESy IMAgE. 

Bainbridge Island Historical museum 

oNGoING: The Overland Westerners and A Portrait of Manzanar by Ansel Adams 

215 Ericksen Ave., 206.842.2773, bainbridgehistory.org 

Bainbridge Public Library 

DEcEmBER: Meagan Stockman, Painting. JANUARY: group Show, Watercolor Artists 

FEBRUARY: Walt ball, Paintings 

1270 Madison Ave. N., 206.842.4162, bainbridgepubliclibrary.org 

Bainbridge Performing Arts Gallery 

DEcEmBER: Steven fogell, Multi-Medium Mirror Design. JANUARY: Harry longstreet, 

Photographs. 200 Madison Ave. N., 206.842.4560, bainbridgeperformingarts.org 

Bloedel Reserve 

DEcEmBER 1-31: The Holiday village 

7571 Dolphin Dr. NE, 206.842.7631 

bloedelreserve.org 

Frodel Gallery at West 

Sound Academy 

JANUARY: gary White, Photographs 

FEBRUARY: jeffrey Morrison, face Portraits 

16571 Creative Drive NE, Poulsbo, 360.598.5954, 

westsoundacademy.org 

The Gallery at Grace 

DEcEmBER/JANUARY: john Wood – 

Remember, Photographs 

FEBRUARY/mARcH: Kelly Hume, Drawings 

8595 NE Day Rd., 206.842.9997, gracehere.org 

cARRIE GoLLER, hooD CAnAL, ENCAUSTIC-MIxED MEDIA. 

COURTESy IMAgE. 

GARY WHITE, StonE wAvE, MARblE 

SCUlPTURE. COURTESy IMAgE. 

The Island Gallery 

DEcEmBER: Annual Wearable Art Show 

FEBRUARY: Carrie goller, Encaustic Paintings 

400 Winslow Way E., 206.780.9500 

theislandgallery.net 

Roby King Galleries 

DEcEmBER 7-29: Annual Invitational Small 

Works Exhibition, more than 30 artists 

JANUARY 4-26: New year gala, all gallery 

artists. FEBRUARY 1-23: Kathe fraga, 

solo exhibition. 176 Winslow Way E. 

206.842.2063, robykinggallery.com 

verksted Gallery 

DEcEmBER: featured Artists: Eileen Schneegas, Al Anderson, Karen lyman, and jan Harada 

18937 front Street, Poulsbo, 360.697.4470, verkstedgallery.com 



FEBRUARy continued 

10 SUNDAy 


Bee. 3 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts. 


first Sundays Concerts: greta Matassa. 

4 p.m. Waterfront Park Community 

Center. firstsundaysconcerts.org. 

13 WEDNESDAy 

Island film group: guess who’s Coming 

to Dinner? (1967). 7-9 p.m. bainbridge 


15 FRIDAy 

building a Sustainable Economy (bASE) 

lecture Series. 5:30-7 p.m. bainbridge 





17 SUNDAy 


Bee. 3 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts. 


Author Event: the tiger Drums with 

barbara Winther. 3 p.m. Eagle Harbor 


live Music: little jane. 3 pm. Island Music 

Center. islandmusic.org. 

wEST SoUND ACADEMy: 

JEFFrEy MorrISoN 

21 THURSDAy 




gallery Reception for jeffrey Morrison. 

6:30 p.m. frodel gallery, West Sound 

Academy. westsoundacademy.org. 

23 SATURDAy 




field’s End Screenwriting Class with 

Erica Miner. 1-4:30 p.m. bainbridge 

Public library. fieldsend.org. 

25 MONDAy 

26 TUESDAy 




friends of the library book Sale 10 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 


FIRST FIrST SUNDAYS: SUNDAyS: GrETA GRETA MATASSA mATASSA 

14 THURSDAy 

Happy Valentine’s Day! 





1-4 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 


16 SATURDAy 




Kids’ Night at the Museum, 5:30-9:30 p.m. 

kidimu.org. 


Bee. 7:30 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts. 


Island Theatre at the library. 7:30 p.m. 

bainbridge Public library. 


19 TUESDAy 




field’s End Writers’ Roundtable: your 

Diverse futures – Writing Inclusive 

Science fiction, with Nisi Shawl. 

7-8:30 p.m. bainbridge Public library. 

fieldsend.org. 




bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, 

“The grand and the Pastoral.” 

7:30 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts, 

with pre-concert chat at 6:45 p.m. 


Island Treasure Awards. 

5-8 p.m. IslandWood. 

bainbridgeartshumanities.org 

Mystery book group Reads: the Ice 

Princess. 7 p.m. Eagle Harbor book Co. 


11 MONDAy 

12 TUESDAy 




ClICK! Digital Download Class. 10 a.m. to 

noon. bainbridge Public library. krl.org. 






BAINBrIDGE pErForMING ArTS 

18 MONDAy 

Presidents’ Day 

villageSpeak: brown Eyes, blue Eyes – 

Diversity Issues. 6:30 p.m. Congregation 

Kol Shalom. villagespeak.org. 

Village 

Speak 

20 WEDNESDAy 

Travelogue: Ireland. 7:30-9 p.m. 


baInbrIdGe PublIC lIbrarY: 

Ireland traVelOGue 

22 FRIDAy 

Camp yeomalt Song Circle – All Ages 

Music jam. 7:30 p.m. Camp yeomalt 


24 SUNDAy 

field’s End Screenwriting Class with 

Erica Miner. 1-4:30 p.m. bainbridge 

Public library. fieldsend.org. 

bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, 

“The grand and the Pastoral.” 

3 p.m. bainbridge Performing Arts, 

with pre-concert chat at 2:15 p.m. 


27 WEDNESDAy 

28 THURSDAy 







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In ThIs Issue 

ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIl....................... 2-6 

bAINbRIDgE ARTS AND CRAfTS....................... 7 

bAINbRIDgE ISlAND MUSEUM Of ART........... 8 

b.I. WINTER STUDIO TOUR................................. 9 

EvENTS CAlENDAR...................................... 10-14 

blOEDEl RESERvE........... .................................10 

bAINbRIDgE CHORAlE......................................11 

ISlAND MUSIC CENTER.....................................12 

vIllAgESPEAK................................................13 

IN gAllERIES THIS SEASON.............................14 


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